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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

I was so happy to see that the Newsprint DSP was on the carryover list from the Occasions Mini. It is so user friendly and can go on any project! I used it this week for the Play Date Cafe's challenge; Black and White with a splash of green:

Monday, May 30, 2011

Happy Memorial Day! I am finally dragging myself off the couch after a few days of complete laziness. I am not one to lay around, but this weekend, I just couldn't get motivated to do anything! The end of the school year has me fried! I have not been able to get any crafting done! Just couldn't conjure up my creativity! So, I apologize for my blog-cation, but it was much needed!

For the background of my card, I rubbed the Versa Mark Pad over the texture plate. When I ran it through the Big Shot, it put the ink on the pressed part of the image. I sprinkled clear embossing powder of the whole thing and then ran the heat gun over it!

For more ideas on how to use Word Play, make sure you check out my post from yesterday!

And, we want you to give these fun summer colors a try. Make sure you hop back over to CCMC and check out what the rest of the design team did and then show us your creativity! You could win some blog candy!

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Today, I am featuring my favorite stamp set on the Stampin' Up National Scrapbook Month Sale list. Whoo! That's a mouth full! LOL!

Word Play is hands down the most used stamp set in my arsenal. Why? Because of it's versatility. It has a sentiment for every occasion. And, not only is it a sentiment, but it's also a piece of art. Sometimes, we don't want to spend our money on the word sets. We want to get more bang for our buck with something cute and fun. But, then we need the words to go with it and were kicking ourself for not purchasing the words! But, Word play offers both. It can serve as your cards focal point or your scrapbook pages title or subtitle! I love this set! I think that's the 4th time I have said that this week!

Look at all these stamps that come in the set. They are each a beautiful piece of art, don't you think?

A quick scan through My Pictures and I found all of these just from the last few months that I have created with this stamp set:

This stamp set has a whopping 12 stamps in it, one for every occasion! It truly is the stamp set to have in the catalog. And, this month, it's 30% off. That's a fabulous discount! Make sure you get yours before the end of May, that's next Tuesday people!

Gotta have it??

Make sure you don't miss out on this and all the other great choices! CLICK HERE to get yours!

Yep, I'm gonna say it again today! I love this set! LOL! Today's card features another card included on Stampin' Up's National Scrapbook Month Sale list!

I chose to use the color scheme (RAINBOW) from JUGS today as well as the OCC's challenge to use a frame!

I love how this card turned out. The black frame was done by cutting two scalloped squares on my Big Shot, tracing the white base on the back, trimming it out and then adhering them together at the correct length. Yea, a little tricky... LOL! But worth it! Doesn't it look kind of biker-ish?? Like black leather and rhinestones??

I free handed the guitars in rainbow order. I had planned to cut them out, but they were actually really easy to stamp correctly. So I stamped them again and just cut out the base part and popped it up. And, of course, added some more bling!

Monday, May 23, 2011

Happy Monday! Today, I am featuring the fun stamp set called Printed Petals. I promised that all week, i would feature stamp sets that are included on this month's 30% off list, and Printed Petals is included! I love this set! (I will probably say that every day!)

This big blossom is my favorite stamp in the set! It is so pretty! As you can see though, there are a variety of flowers in this set.

Here are a few more samples of the Printed Petals Stamp Sets that I did last summer. If you want details on any of these projects, you can navigate to the July 2010 link on the right side of my blog.

This one also features Word Play which is also on sale!

So, this stamps set is 30% off! It is a great versatile set to have. The big flower inks so well and is a bold image when stamped. If you are interested in purchasing this set, you can do so on my Demonstrator Page. It comes in clear and wood mount.

Sunday, May 22, 2011

This week at The Color throwdown, the main color is lime green? What? I generally steer clear of anything that is lime green! Bu, the design team's challenges were so beautiful, I had to give it a try! And, I am so glad I did! I also used this super fun sketch from Paper Pal Arts. I always love sketches with stacked images!

My picture doesn't really give the lime the justice it deserves. it really pops off the card.

This lime green color is a retired SU color, and for the life of me, i can't remember what it's called! I found it in my scraps files! Sorry...

Saturday, May 21, 2011

I do not adore this picture of me though! But, it so sums up my life these days. Me, run ragged, looking rough, my kids sucking every once from me! Yea, I know that sounds horrible, but I ain't gonna lie- they are a handful! But, like any other mother, I love them! I love what they have brought to my life and what they bring out in me. Being their mom is amazing... even thought I count down the minutes every day till bed time!!

I ran my chipboard pointy finger through the Big Shot with the Lots of Dots Embossing folder. I was being lazy and didn't want to spend alot of time on it, but I think my shortcut turned out cute!

Another short cut was cutting the title from a piece of pattern paper and popping each word up! Easy-peasy!

This month is National Scrapbook month, did you know? And, of course, Stampin' Up has chosen some fabulous stamp sets for scrapbooking to mark down 30%! That's quite a significant discount! This week, I will feature some of those stamp sets to help inspire you to use them! If you want to check out all the details, CLICK HERE!!! The list includes some of my very favorite sets!

Hope you have a great weekend! I'll be back tomorrow with a zesty card!

Friday, May 20, 2011

Good morning! This week's challenge at Stampin' Celebration is a little bitter sweet for me. We are all taking a summer break, which is much needed. But, SCIC has always been one of my favorite challenge blogs and I love the things Krystal comes up with. So, I will miss her beautiful inspiration this summer!

But, this week we have a bright sunny combo to celebrate our 1 year anniversary!